In this seminar I would like to explore the possibility of dance being about other kinds of movement than those performed by bodies on stage. How could dance be about other kinds of movement? What kinds of movements? In particular I would like to think about how media may transform how we understand and think about movement, and how movement can be part of how we communicate and think. I would like you to read two texts.

The work of Gilles Deleuze is of particular importance to the new materialist turn that is currently taking place in the various parts of academia but also throughout the arts. Starting from matter-in-movement, new materialism refuses to accept the transcendental as a point of departure but continues to show how all ideas necessarily follow from material constellations (from matter taking up form), the performing arts in particular have been interested in experimenting with new materialist authors.

We’ll try to improve the fluidity of our actions by 1)establishing a purposeful and clear relation with the floor at all times, and 2)integrating all parts of the body in the action. The kind of movement I am interested in is functional in the first place, and expressive as a consequence.

“The three sessions (Sept. 28, Nov. 23 and April 02) are based on the insights of my Master thesis Researching Bodies1 . They will focus on the relationships between the modes of perceiving the body in theory and philosophy and the actual choreographic practice of creating dance.